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Administrative Areas

Ward
West Purbeck
Local Authority
Dorset
Constituency
South Dorset
Region
South West
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
Households
104
Population
273
Males
54%
Females
46%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
72
England❚BH20 6NU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
10
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
22
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
19

Age Groups

Population
273
Under 16
18%
16 - 64
62%
65 or over
20%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
18%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
19%
60 - 74
19%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
223
Single
68
Married
118
Separated
6
Divorced
22
Widowed
9

Health

Population
273
Very good
117
Good
101
Fair
39
Bad
12
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
223
England❚BH20 6NU❚
Degree or above
25
2+ A Levels or equivalent
10
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
47
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
41
Apprenticeship
33
Other qualifications
7
No qualifications
60

Ethnicity

Population
273
White British
269
White Irish
1
Mixed Black Caribbean
2
Mixed Asian
1

Country of Birth

Population
273
England
248
Nortern Ireland
2
Scotland
7
Wales
3
Ireland
1
Germany
9
Italy
1

Religion

Population
273
Christian
168
Other
1
No religion
85
Not stated
19

Industry

Population
126
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
6
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
23
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
6
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
1
Professional, scientific and technical
3
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
23
Education
17
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
208
England❚BH20 6NU❚
Full-Time employee
78
Part-Time employee
25
Self employed
18
Unemployed
8
Retired
44
Looking after home/family
4
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
16
Unemployed 16 - 24
5
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
104
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
30
Rented - council
8
Rented - other social
23
Rented - private landlord
2
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
107
Occupied
104
Unoccupied
3
Detached
18
Semi detached
74
Terraced
6
Flat - purpose built
8
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
104
One person
23
Two people
35
Three people
20
Four people
16
Five people
7
Six people
2
Eight or over
1

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019